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Chapter 1 Introduction to Engineering Management

The document introduces Engineering Management, outlining its origins, principles, and the role of engineers in management activities. It discusses the functions of engineers, areas of specialization, and the historical development of engineering management. Additionally, it defines management, managerial skills, and the importance of studying engineering management for effective leadership in technical fields.

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Engineering Management

The document introduces Engineering Management, outlining its origins, principles, and the role of engineers in management activities. It discusses the functions of engineers, areas of specialization, and the historical development of engineering management. Additionally, it defines management, managerial skills, and the importance of studying engineering management for effective leadership in technical fields.

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ENGG 406 :ENGINEERING

MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
If we are managing today,
we are behind time.

We should manage the


future!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

•Describe the origins of Engineering


Management
•Explain the concept and principles of
Engineering Management
•Illustrate the role of engineers in engineering
management activities
As engineers you are expected to perform tasks
depending on your specialization and job level.

• Know your purpose


• Assess your skills
• Improve your craft
• Know how will you deliver
FUNCTIONS OF ENGINEER
• Production of more food for fast growing world population
• Elimination of air and water pollution
• Solid waste disposal and materials recycling
• Reduction of noise in various forms
• Supplying the increasing demand for energy
• Supplying the increasing demand for mobility
• Preventing and solving crimes
• Meeting the increasing demand for communication facilities
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Research
• Design and Development
• Testing
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Sales
• Consulting
• Government
• Teaching
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
• ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
• CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS :
• IRRIGATION : 4500BC water was diverted from river in eastern Iraq
• STONE STRUCTURES : Great Wall of China, Mayan Temples in South
America, Pyramids of Egypt

• MILITARY : Alexander the Great on first documented staff system


• Great Roman Roads, Chinese awareness on organizing , planning,
directing and controlling
ENGINEERING
• The art of managing engines
• The application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter
and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to man in structures,
machines, products, systems and processes
• Engineering is the means by which people make possible the realization of
human dreams by extending their reach in human world.

• Engineers are the practitioners in the art of managing the application of


science and mathematics

Engineering has limitless variety of


possible disciplines
MANAGEMENT

“creative problem-solving process of


planning, organizing, leading and
controlling an organization’s resources to
achieve its mission and objectives”.
MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS
• The work of creating and maintaining environments in which people can accomplish
goals efficiently and effectively (Albanese)
• The process of achieving desired results through efficient utilization of human and
material resources (Bedeian)
• The process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people
and other organizational resources (Certo)
• A set of activities (including planning and decision making, organizing, leading,
and controlling) directed at an organization’s resources (human, financial, physical,
and information) with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and
effective manner (Griffin)
• The process by which managers create, direct, maintain, and operate purposive
organizations through coordinated, cooperative human effort (McFarland)
• The process of acquiring and combining human, financial, informational, and
physical resources to attain the organization’s primary goal of producing a product
or service desired by some segment of society (Pringle, Jennings, and Longnecker)
SAMPLE OF BUSINES EXECUTIVES
(Albanese)
• Being a respected and responsible representative of the company to his subordinates

• The ability to achieve willing and effective accomplishments from others toward a
common business objective

• Organizing and coordinating a profitable effort through good decision making and
people motivation

• Getting things done through people


• The means by which organization grows or dies
• Overall planning, evaluating and enforcement that go into bringing about “the name
of the game” – profit

• Keeping customers happy by delivering a quality product at a reasonable cost


• Directing the actions of a group to accomplish a desired goal or objective in the
MANAGEMENT LEVELS
•First-line Managers
•Middle Managers
•Top Managers
MANAGERIAL
SKILLS
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

The activity combining “technical


knowledge with the ability to organize
and coordinate worker power,
materials, machinery and money.”
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
•The art and science of planning, organizing, allocating
resources, and directing and controlling activities that have a
technological component
•Designing, operating and continuously improving purposeful
systems of people, machines, money, time, information and
energy by integrating engineering and management
knowledge, techniques and skills to achieve desired goals in
technological enterprise through concern for the
environment, quality and ethics
•The discipline addressed to making and implementing
decisions for strategic and operational leadership in current
and emerging technologies and their impacts on interrelated
systems
Why Study ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT?

It helps engineer become a more


effective technical specialist and
strengthens the ability to lead people
and projects.
THE PROCESS
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
is a process of planning, organizing,
directing and controlling.
•Must seek to find out the objectives of the organization
•Think of ways on how to achieve the objectives
•Decide on the ways to be adapted and the resources to be
used
•Determine human requirements of the total job
•Assign specific tasks to specific persons
•Motivate people and make sure that activities are in right
direction.
ELEMENTS OF MANAGEMENT
PROCESS

ORGANIZIN COORDINATIO
PLANNING G N

MOTIVATI
ON
CONTROL
MANAGERIAL ROLES
INTERPERSONAL – Provide
Information
INFORMATIONAL – Process
Information
DECISIONAL – Use information

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